Pre Route Ritual/Routine
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KRAM
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Well unfortunately management doesn't give a crap if it's you or buck tooth Billy down the street in the seat of that package car. They are going to make sure Billy can do the route without thinking, just hump the boxes is all they want. Mindless zombies would be preferred. They don't want to work with you, they want to bust your ass even more and put more money in their pockets.
Is the AWPA the answer? I don't know, but what I do know is I want someone in there bargaining a contract for me. I could care less if it's a 10 year contract as long as it's good for me. Keep me protected, give me my raise, pension and health care I have been busting my tail to get for the last 20 years. I want my pension and health care at 30 years service no matter the age and let me go.
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Yes, they do. A right of passage, if you will.
Schnellfahrer
Member
Maybe you should look at your local officals and not the Hoffa regime, here out west we are doing pretty damn well for ourselfs. Its not Hoffa screwing up the union but local officals in certain areas.
dammor
Well-Known Member
Seems things are the same across the country. Pas/Edd is not a blessing, management is being ridden hard, and the trickle down effect is landing squarely on us the hourly folks. I was watching a rerun of Saturday Night Live a few weeks ago and there was skit with Alec Baldwin that reminded me of one of our recent PCM's. He was sent by the powers that be to harrass the poor elves that were trying to make the toys for Christmas with tools that were substandard to say the least. I tryed to downlaod it, but could not.
It was season 31, episode 8. Check it out. You will laugh and then cry.
Such is UPS. There have been some really good people in management here over the years. Three of the best have just recently walked out the door. The knowledge that left with them is a huge loss. Sad thing is that they didn't retire. They quit because of the crap they have had to put up with.
I admire them for saying enough is enough. I however have been here too long to start over. When the next contract comes up I will have almost 29 years in God willing. I want my pension, healthcare, and nothing else. Just let me walk out of the brown door knowing I did my best everyday and made it through it. I care about my customers, but this job has lost it's shine.
It was season 31, episode 8. Check it out. You will laugh and then cry.
Such is UPS. There have been some really good people in management here over the years. Three of the best have just recently walked out the door. The knowledge that left with them is a huge loss. Sad thing is that they didn't retire. They quit because of the crap they have had to put up with.
I admire them for saying enough is enough. I however have been here too long to start over. When the next contract comes up I will have almost 29 years in God willing. I want my pension, healthcare, and nothing else. Just let me walk out of the brown door knowing I did my best everyday and made it through it. I care about my customers, but this job has lost it's shine.
Ruralbrownman
Well-Known Member
We recently started using DIAD4 , but we dont have PAS or EDD ,( what a pain in the neck) , and not scheduled to get it for awhile ( our building needs renovations to accomodate the new systems) , and from the way it sounds I dont think we want PAS /Edd.
we had 3 of us sit down at different times and loop the routes as they should be we broke down roads by address breaks and had most all the routes perfect for running trace the day they went in they were screwed up, all that work for nothing, waste of time other than having a few non physical days as drivers or part-timers we can fix most any problems at UPS but then let UPS handle it only to screw it up just like edd it could be the greatest tool we have ever had until UPS management got a hold of it
i doubt a vigilante sorter will bring the union into complete disrepute.
sacrifices? don't 1-up yourself that much, teamster.
ups1990
Well-Known Member
Arrive to work half hour before start time. Get a quick glance at the load, then talk to other drivers.
A prayer before leaving the hub. One never knows what will happen on each particular day. I dont know about the rest of you, but I still get some butterflies in my stomach before heading out. It seizes after getting on freeway.
The rest of the day in anything but routine due to the constant add-cuts.
A prayer before leaving the hub. One never knows what will happen on each particular day. I dont know about the rest of you, but I still get some butterflies in my stomach before heading out. It seizes after getting on freeway.
The rest of the day in anything but routine due to the constant add-cuts.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Ah....... so you loiter, like most of us!
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Get to work 30 minutes or so early, get EDD, complete paperwork, go through EDD to classify any NDA SVRs as RES/COM and to see add/cuts, if any, see what NDA I have (and which ones I can pawn off), go through call tags and develop a trip plan in my head. I then go and talk sports with the boys, flirt with a female co-worker, and wait for the PCM before heading to WalMart.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
LOL, ya I'd get there early for that as well.
Big Babooba
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Every day before my PCM, I have this ritual:
- I face Seattle and bow my head
- I turn towards my Center Manager's office and salute
- I turn 180 degrees, facing Atlanta and pass gas!
Every day before my PCM, I turn 180 degrees, facing Atlanta and pass gas!
Alright, that explains that foul odor that blows in from the North...
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